🌎 Country

Mauritius

📅 Year

1847

💰 Denomination

1d

📮 Issue type

Definitive

🖼 Topic

Royalty

Mauritius was the first British colony to issue stamps. Joseph Barnard engraved them locally, and the first printing reads "Post Office" where later ones say "Post Paid". Fewer than thirty survive, and they are among the most famous rarities in the hobby.

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